Choral Reading is a SDAIE strategy that allows students to read aloud in unison in the form of a wholeclass or small group. This allows readers to be involved without feeling the pressure of reading out loud alone to the whole class. This strategy is beneficial for struggling readers, as it involved reading together with the teacher along with the more advanced readers.
Why use Choral Reading?
It allows less skilled readers the opportunity to practice their technique and receiving support before they are required to read on their own.
Provides a model for fluent reading.
It develops the ability to read sight words.
Main instructional focus: 1. Fluency 2. Prosody (Assisted by teacher and whole class)
This is used during reading and can be usedin a small group or whole class setting.
How Choral Reading encourages fluency:
Provides support for struggling readers who may feel nervous about reading aloud in small group or whole class settings.
Reading along with more fluent readers it enables other readers to be successful with a shared text.
Supports and encourages struggling readers to take risks.
When used on a normal bases students will internalize fluent reading.
Students will be able to transfer developing fluency to other types of text.
This strategy makes students active participants regardless of their reading level!
How to use Choral Reading in the classroom: 1. Chose grade appropriate text that will work for reading aloud in a group.
Beginning readers: predictable
Short texts with rhythm work best
Is at the reading level of most students
2. Allow for each student to have the text so they can follow along in unison. 3. The teacher read the text aloud to model fluent reading to the students. 4. Have students use a bookmark or finger to follow along as they read the text. 5. Reread the text and have the small groups or whole class read aloud in unison.
Through the repeated reading of the text the students become more fluent readers, which will lead to increased comprehension.
By: Jessica Speaks
Choral Reading is a SDAIE strategy that allows students to read aloud in unison in the form of a wholeclass or small group. This allows readers to be involved without feeling the pressure of reading out loud alone to the whole class. This strategy is beneficial for struggling readers, as it involved reading together with the teacher along with the more advanced readers.
Why use Choral Reading?
Main instructional focus:
1. Fluency
2. Prosody
(Assisted by teacher and whole class)
This is used during reading and can be usedin a small group or whole class setting.
How Choral Reading encourages fluency:
This strategy makes students active participants regardless of their reading level!
How to use Choral Reading in the classroom:
1. Chose grade appropriate text that will work for reading aloud in a group.
- Beginning readers: predictable
- Short texts with rhythm work best
- Is at the reading level of most students
2. Allow for each student to have the text so they can follow along in unison.3. The teacher read the text aloud to model fluent reading to the students.
4. Have students use a bookmark or finger to follow along as they read the text.
5. Reread the text and have the small groups or whole class read aloud in unison.
Through the repeated reading of the text the students become more fluent readers, which will lead to increased comprehension.